🇸🇸South Sudan

Juba

Africa

Low income

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Population

12.2M

2.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.79

births/woman

Life Expectancy

57.7y

GDP / capita

$1.1K

Pop. Growth

2.03%

Net Migration

6.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in South Sudan by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan608.8K(66.8%)

🇺🇬Uganda156.4K(17.2%)

+25%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.97.4K(10.7%)

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male6MTotal 12.2M6.2MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

14.0

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇪🇹Ethiopia13.6K(1.5%)

+60%

🇰🇪Kenya10.2K(1.1%)

+9%

🇹🇩Chad5.5K(0.6%)

+3%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.5.5K(0.6%)

+4%

🇳🇬Nigeria3.8K(0.4%)

+8%

🇪🇷Eritrea3.5K(0.4%)

+5%

🇮🇳India1.5K(0.2%)

+10%

🇲🇱Mali215(0.0%)

+21%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the South Sudan diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in South Sudan who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan1.5M(47.6%)

+608%

🇺🇬Uganda923.7K(29.1%)

🇪🇹Ethiopia443.7K(14.0%)

13×

🇰🇪Kenya114.9K(3.6%)

+116%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.103.6K(3.3%)

23×

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.37.9K(1.2%)

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates14.9K(0.5%)

+50%

🇦🇺Australia9.7K(0.3%)

15×

🇨🇫Central African Republic2.4K(0.1%)

🇶🇦Qatar2.2K(0.1%)

−15%

🇱🇾Libya2K(0.1%)

+27%

🇰🇼Kuwait2K(0.1%)

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024